The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

Ha! A metaphor, she said! Fantastic! This one knows how to decode the English language! We will save her for roasting tomorrow!

I can't tell you how happy I was when my copy editor--the one who goes through every single word to make sure the manuscript is correct in all its usages--made a special note on this sentence: "I literally laugh out loud whenever I read this." That was cool.